Ex Parte Miyano et al - Page 1





                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                            
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                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                             
                                         AND INTERFERENCES                                                  
                                            _______________                                                 
                                      Ex parte JUNICHI MIYANO,                                              
                      KIYOHIKO TOSHIKAWA, and YOSHIKAZU MOTOYAMA                                            
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                                            Appeal 2007-0496                                                
                                          Application 10/273,147                                            
                                         Technology Center 1700                                             
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                                        Decided: October 15, 2007                                           
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               Before CHUNG K. PAK, CHARLES F. WARREN, and                                                  
               CATHERINE Q. TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.                                             
               WARREN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                         

                                         DECISION ON APPEAL                                                 
                      Applicants appeal to the Board from the decision of the Primary                       
               Examiner finally rejecting claims 1 through 12 in the Office Action mailed                   
               June 2, 2004 (Office Action).  35 U.S.C. §§ 6 and 134(a) (2002); 37 C.F.R. §                 
               41.31(a) (2005).                                                                             
                      We affirm-in-part the decision of the Primary Examiner.                               
                      Claims 1 and 10 illustrate Appellants’ invention of a CVD apparatus,                  
               and are representative of the claims on appeal:                                              
                      1.  A CVD apparatus comprising:                                                       




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